Ours was already cur down. Hopefully there is a way to keep the remaining trees.
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Diana Mapes
10 years ago
Please don't cut our trees.
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Loyal O'Leary
10 years ago
I'll be at the hearing! This cutting plan will drastically change the landscape in our Sapphire Way neighbor. It has taken 30 years for their trees to mature and I hate to see them go. Let's get the facts straight and in the open. I would gladly help to pay to treat my ash tree, isn't it worth trying like Fitchburg did? I would like that option! I find it hard to believe it will cost less to cut than treat. Being proactive can often be a good thing but this is plain stupid! Maybe I should put my healthy dog down because he might get sick. Remember citizen of Sun Prairie, many of the city officials making these decision are elected positions. If this goes through our only recourse may be at the polls.
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John Classen
10 years ago
Large ash trees generally need to be attacked several times to get destroyed by the emerald ash borer. Even if a sizable amount of ash trees die within a few years, they take a few years to rot--so you have a few years to spot each one. Maintenance in removing these trees would take way less time as they die then removing them now.
I want to know what marketeer bamboozled the city with exaggerated facts.
Furthermore, some of the ash trees will NOT get attacked. It is simply a myth that all ash trees will be destroyed eventually by the emerald ash borer.
This is some backward logic I see being employed here. Did someone's brother-in-law of a city council member own a tree cutting service or something?
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Patricia Weber
10 years ago
It seems some facts should be discussed before more trees are cut. I believe treatment is a viable option.
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Dean Engmann
10 years ago
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It's ridiculous to cut down all of these healthy trees. Just like you aren't going to get rid of CWD by getting rid of all the deer. There are treatments that can stop EABs.
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Nancy Helgesen Lyons
10 years ago
Please stop the plan to destroy the ash trees and take the time to save the ones that can be saved by treating them as other communities are sucessfully doing.
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Kris Tazelaar
10 years ago
Keep your hands off my ASH!
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Jean Schroedl
10 years ago
Please keep the ash trees!
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Cyndi Wood
10 years ago
I guarantee the cost of $25-35 per tree for treatment is MUCH cheaper than cutting them down, the removal and replanting new trees.
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Holly Christopherson
10 years ago
Let's please make sure all options are assessed.
Holly
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Billy Sawle
10 years ago
We spend our tax dollars supporting issues, ideas,programs, on lesser things, but not treatments for the trees that bring beauty to the community, and refreshment for all life!Do not cut them down or we won't vote for you and your pay raises from the money you're saving.
That's really what this boils down to
Money
How sad
Treat the trees with love and care not death!!
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Deanna Nelson Weber
10 years ago
Most of our ash trees in Sun Prairie are healthy and there is no reason to be cutting them down. Treatments are not only extremely effective on trees with less than 40% canopy loss, but in most cases, treating these trees is more cost-effective than cutting and replacing. Average treatment cost in Fitchburg, where they are treating 100% of healthy trees is less than $30 per year. If we extrapolate data to Sun Prairie, our cost would be $.50 per resident per year to save the remaining 900 trees. In addition, you don't have the money or inventory to replace these trees for many years.
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Darin R. Pfaff
10 years ago
I see a trend with how Sun Prairie deals with issues. Shoot first, ask questions later... (More duplexes, cut down ash trees without giving residents an alternative option)
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Sheri Witt
10 years ago
Save my ash tree!!!!
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Ginger Murray
10 years ago
I don't recall reading or hearing about the reason for cutting down these beautiful trees. We moved to a neighborhood with mature trees for a reason. My daughters and I marvel at the colors of the tree at the end of the street that appears to marked for removal.
Maybe there's a good reason and no alternatives?!? Given the amount of time and resources that must be committed to this project it seems that public education and input should have been addressed.
I look forward to learning about this issue and hopefully finding the best solution, with constituent support.
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Sammi Linder
10 years ago
This is my community too! Please let the voice of the people who have elected some of these officials be heard! That is surely not too much to ask. Winter cold will even kill the EABs and trees could fight on stronger!
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Pam thompson
10 years ago
We already lost our Ash tree on our "terrace". Hope many others can be saved. Thanks for trying to get a better remedy
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Chad Linder
10 years ago
No reason that the city should have been able to push this legislation through without the community at large weighing in.
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Angel Phillips
10 years ago
Save the Ash! There are alternative ways than to just cut them all down!!!
Ours was already cur down. Hopefully there is a way to keep the remaining trees.
Please don't cut our trees.
I'll be at the hearing! This cutting plan will drastically change the landscape in our Sapphire Way neighbor. It has taken 30 years for their trees to mature and I hate to see them go. Let's get the facts straight and in the open. I would gladly help to pay to treat my ash tree, isn't it worth trying like Fitchburg did? I would like that option! I find it hard to believe it will cost less to cut than treat. Being proactive can often be a good thing but this is plain stupid! Maybe I should put my healthy dog down because he might get sick. Remember citizen of Sun Prairie, many of the city officials making these decision are elected positions. If this goes through our only recourse may be at the polls.
Large ash trees generally need to be attacked several times to get destroyed by the emerald ash borer. Even if a sizable amount of ash trees die within a few years, they take a few years to rot--so you have a few years to spot each one. Maintenance in removing these trees would take way less time as they die then removing them now. I want to know what marketeer bamboozled the city with exaggerated facts. Furthermore, some of the ash trees will NOT get attacked. It is simply a myth that all ash trees will be destroyed eventually by the emerald ash borer. This is some backward logic I see being employed here. Did someone's brother-in-law of a city council member own a tree cutting service or something?
It seems some facts should be discussed before more trees are cut. I believe treatment is a viable option.
It's ridiculous to cut down all of these healthy trees. Just like you aren't going to get rid of CWD by getting rid of all the deer. There are treatments that can stop EABs.
Please stop the plan to destroy the ash trees and take the time to save the ones that can be saved by treating them as other communities are sucessfully doing.
Keep your hands off my ASH!
Please keep the ash trees!
I guarantee the cost of $25-35 per tree for treatment is MUCH cheaper than cutting them down, the removal and replanting new trees.
Let's please make sure all options are assessed. Holly
We spend our tax dollars supporting issues, ideas,programs, on lesser things, but not treatments for the trees that bring beauty to the community, and refreshment for all life!Do not cut them down or we won't vote for you and your pay raises from the money you're saving. That's really what this boils down to Money How sad Treat the trees with love and care not death!!
Most of our ash trees in Sun Prairie are healthy and there is no reason to be cutting them down. Treatments are not only extremely effective on trees with less than 40% canopy loss, but in most cases, treating these trees is more cost-effective than cutting and replacing. Average treatment cost in Fitchburg, where they are treating 100% of healthy trees is less than $30 per year. If we extrapolate data to Sun Prairie, our cost would be $.50 per resident per year to save the remaining 900 trees. In addition, you don't have the money or inventory to replace these trees for many years.
I see a trend with how Sun Prairie deals with issues. Shoot first, ask questions later... (More duplexes, cut down ash trees without giving residents an alternative option)
Save my ash tree!!!!
I don't recall reading or hearing about the reason for cutting down these beautiful trees. We moved to a neighborhood with mature trees for a reason. My daughters and I marvel at the colors of the tree at the end of the street that appears to marked for removal. Maybe there's a good reason and no alternatives?!? Given the amount of time and resources that must be committed to this project it seems that public education and input should have been addressed. I look forward to learning about this issue and hopefully finding the best solution, with constituent support.
This is my community too! Please let the voice of the people who have elected some of these officials be heard! That is surely not too much to ask. Winter cold will even kill the EABs and trees could fight on stronger!
We already lost our Ash tree on our "terrace". Hope many others can be saved. Thanks for trying to get a better remedy
No reason that the city should have been able to push this legislation through without the community at large weighing in.
Save the Ash! There are alternative ways than to just cut them all down!!!